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Some Facts About Food Waste

lizabean wrote 3 days ago: I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday, and I hope you’re still gorging on all thos … more →

Tags: Food

Deteriorating Infrastructure and How We Can Improve

lizabean wrote 1 week ago: I heard that Federal Stimulus funds were going to be used for ’shovel-ready’ projects, a … more →

Tags: water, toxins and chemicals, Sewer System, storm water runoff, waste water treatment plants, New York Times, Infrastructure

Blue wheelie bins - new council advice

rayduff wrote 3 weeks ago: CANS AND PLASTIC BOTTLES can now be mixed with paper in the East Riding Council’s blue wheelie … more →

Tags: Hedon, blue bin, can crushers, East Riding Council, wash and squash, waste, Wheelie bins

Tragedy of the Albatross

lizabean wrote 1 month ago: image via flickr user stormpetrel1 image via author Vincent Legendre, wikimedia commons image via au … more →

Brita ad campaign: considering the plastic bottle1 comment

lizabean wrote 2 months ago: I have to share one of my favorite commercials that I’ve seen on TV in a long time. It’s … more →

Mason Jars Double as Glasses

lizabean wrote 2 months ago: As summer slips into fall, canning is a great way to preserve all that fresh summer produce. So mayb … more →

A picture is worth 1,000 Words... or 60,000 plastic bags

lizabean wrote 3 months ago: Photographer Chris Jordan knows that numbers may not register quite as well as images sometimes. We … more →

Tags: environmental art

Moving Weekend: So Much Trash

lizabean wrote 3 months ago: Well, it’s that time of the year again. The last weekend of August and many of us are packing … more →

To Keep from Sinking2 comments

carrieshoptaw wrote 4 months ago: Sustainability feels like the ripples of water in a giant pond. I can control what I recycle, reuse … more →

Tags: J840 Week 5

A Means to No End2 comments

IanN wrote 4 months ago: The more I read and think about the concept of sustainability, the harder I find it to define. It se … more →

Tags: J840 Week 4, Sustainable living, sustainability, personal sustainability

Disposable Society?2 comments

bethd wrote 4 months ago: So what’s sustainability? To me, true, bona fide sustainability is using only biological or renewabl … more →

Tags: J840 Week 5, Sustainable living, sustainability, sustainable, story of stuff, annie leonard, Immanuel Kant, Social Responsibility, social consumption

Simple terms can make a big impact2 comments

jenniferedw wrote 4 months ago: My definition of sustainability: use only what you need, think critically about changes you can make … more →

Tags: J840 Week 5, sustainability, food pyramid, green messages

Sustainability and Spacely Sprockets2 comments

TreyW wrote 4 months ago: As I watch Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff, I can’t help but yawn. Everything she says fa … more →

Tags: society & media, Business & Politics, Science / Tech, energy climate, Design & Architecture, J840 Week 5, sustainability, recycling, The Jetsons

Should she take the garbage out?6 comments

jennibro wrote 4 months ago: When I was a little girl my mother used to read Shel Silverstein poems to me. My favorite poem was a … more →

Tags: J840 Week 5, reduce, Energy consumption, Environment, garbage, personal change, recycling, reuse, shel silverstein

Sustainability: Mind over Action or Mindful Action?3 comments

erinleap wrote 4 months ago: Sustainability: a way of thinking that timelessly generates relevant ideas and tactics ways humans c … more →

Tags: J840 Week 5, society & media, ecological footprint, Green, Green Movement, sustainability

What does sustainable mean? Does it mean anything or everything?2 comments

christinewerem wrote 4 months ago: Through my class readings and discussions I’ve concluded there is a single definition for sustainabi … more →

Tags: energy climate, J840 Week 5, sustainability definition

Litter? What litter?

mikecausey wrote 4 months ago: On my second trip here to Singapore, I’m struck once again – almost immediately – … more →

Green...It's more than just a word.2 comments

jennibro wrote 5 months ago: Green. What once was only a word to describe the color of the grass, has quickly become a revolution … more →

Tags: society & media, J840 Week 2, Environment, Green, recycling, paper towels, paper, thekitchn.com, Bleaching

Conscious effort needed to be green2 comments

jenniferedw wrote 5 months ago: While many people want to consider themselves green, after attending last weekend’s class and review … more →

Tags: J840 Week 2, Environment, media, Being Green, Green Tips


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